Goal No. 5: BE TOUGH. Mentally and physically.
#5 Jerand Bradley
Redshirt Senior | 6-5 | 223 lbs. | DeSoto, Texas
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Previous Colleges: Texas Tech University; Boston College
- Projection: Starter
- Status: On Scholarship
Jerand “JB” Bradley (b. Oct. 10, 2002) is a transfer wide receiver from Texas Tech by way of a Boston College layover is penciled in as the No. 3 wide receiver entering the 2025 season. He’s basically the same size as Linkon Cure and, with his height, is a threat to score on fades and jump balls anytime the Wildcats enter the red zone.
Bradley actually started his college career under offensive coordinator Matt Wells when he was the still the head coach
at Texas Tech, where Bradley saw time in four games with one start as he retained his redshirt in 2021.
He totaled five receptions for 99 yards on the year and his first career start came in the Liberty Bowl, when he had a season-best 64 receiving yards on two catches, which included a career-long reception of 52 yards.
Bradley, who has one year of eligibility left to play, also had two catches at West Virginia.
As a redshirt freshman in 2022, he was one of the top freshmen receivers in the country who was named a Freshman All-American by The Athletic (second team) and College Football News (honorable mention) in addition to picking up All-Big 12 honorable mention accolades from the league’s coaches.
Bradley appeared in 12 games with nine starts, recording 51 catches for 744 yards and six touchdowns.
He was the team leader in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, while he ranked fourth in all-purpose yards (751 yards) and fifth for scoring (36 points).
Bradley ranked third in the country among freshmen — and tops in the Big 12 Conference — in receiving yards, while he ranked fourth in the conference in receiving yards per game (62.6), sixth in receiving touchdowns and eighth in receptions per game (4.3). He also ranked third in the Big 12 with eight catches of at least 30 yards.
In 2022, Bradley caught at least two passes in 11 of 12 games and had four or more receptions in six contests, including four during Big 12 play. He tallied three 100-yard games, which came against Murray State (108 yards), Oklahoma State (119 yards) and Oklahoma (173 yards), helping to earn him preseason All-Big 12 honors in 2023.
Bradley’s career-high 173 receiving yards against Oklahoma were the most among all freshmen during the 2022 season. He set a career high with two touchdown catches against Murray State, while he had one apiece against Oklahoma State, TCU, Oklahoma, and Ole Miss in the Texas Bowl and earned Academic All-Big 12 honors.
Bradley played in all 12 games in 2023 with nine starts, posting 36 catches for 431 yards and four touchdowns.
He opened the year with a career-high-tying eight catches for 88 yards and a touchdown at Wyoming and also had a touchdown the next week against Oregon, when he had five catches for 83 yards. Other touchdowns during the season came at West Virginia and against Kansas State, the latter game in which he had five total receptions.
Bradley still has vivid memories of that 2023 game in Lubbock, albeit it for entirely different reasons:
I like how the offense is so versatile. I like everything about the offense from Avery Johnson to the weapons we have. I remember the first time I saw Avery play when I was at Texas Tech, and he scored five touchdowns. Every time I see him, he’s doing something crazy on the field. Man, I just love watching him play.
Bradley also recorded a season-high 91 yards on four catches at Kansas after being named to the preseason watch lists for both the Biletnikoff Award and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.
Last season, he transferred to Boston College, where he saw action in nine games with two starts, coming away with six catches for 94 yards and two touchdowns.
Bradley had a season-high three catches for 26 yards and a score against Western Kentucky, tallied a 12-yard touchdown at Missouri, and posted a season-long reception of 30 yards against Duquesne.
As a prep, he played his senior season at DeSoto (Texas) High School under head coach Claude Mathis, and both his sophomore and junior years at John Paul II High School in Plano, Texas, under head coach Chet Brooks.
Bradley was rated the 207th-best overall prospect in the Class of 2021 by ESPN, while the service viewed him as the 35th-best wide receiver in the class as he was selected to play in the 2021 Under Armour All-America game.
One of 36 wide receiver finalists for Sports Illustrated’s High School All-America honors, he helped to lead DeSoto into the state quarterfinal round of the Class 6A Division I playoffs as a senior when he caught 57 passes for 784 yards and eight touchdowns.
Bradley earned all-state honors as a senior from the Texas Sports Writers Association and was a first-team all-district selection.
He earned first-team all-state and all-district honors as a junior after tallying 96 receptions for 1,522 yards and 21 touchdowns, helping John Paul II High School to earn a trip to the TAPPS Division I state title game.
Bradley caught 45 passes for 866 yards and eight touchdowns as a sophomore, picking up TAPPS Division I Offensive Newcomer of the Year honors. He ranked the 20th-best athlete in the Dallas-Fort Worth area by the Dallas Morning News and also played basketball, earning all-state and all-district accolades as a sophomore.
Bradley originally signed with Texas Tech over offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Baylor, Colorado, Duke, Florida International, Houston, Howard, Illinois State, Iowa State, Kansas, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Minnesota, Nebraska, Purdue, SMU, South Carolina, Tulane, Tulsa, Utah, UTSA, William & Mary, and Wisconsin, as well as interest from Rutgers. This latest time in the portal, we had to battle Oklahoma for him.
His father, Brandon Tucker, played football at Southwestern Oklahoma State, and he has two cousins who played in the National Football League in Bethel Johnson (New England Patriots) and Rodney Bradley (Baltimore Ravens). Learn more about Bradley in this excellent transfer profile by our own Drew Schneider.
